title: Distinct binding sites of Ala48-hirudin1-47 and Ala48-hirudin48-65 on alpha-thrombin.
abstract: The interaction of alpha-thrombin with Ala48-hirudin, Ala48-hirudin1-47, and Ala48-hirudin48-65 was analyzed. Mutations at Pro48 were found to cause only slight changes in the kon (human: 3.1 +/- 0.3 x 10(8) M-1 s-1; bovine: 1.03 +/- 0.3 x 10(8) M-1 s-1) and koff (human: 0.4 +/- 0.2 x 10(-3) s-1; bovine: 2.9 +/- 0.4 x 10(-3) s-1) rate constants for the formation of the thrombin-hirudin complex. The amino-terminal fragment Ala48-hirudin1-47 containing the three disulfide bridges and the carboxyl-terminal fragment Ala48-hirudin48-65 were derived from the Ala48 mutant by proteolysis with endoproteinase Lys-C. These fragments inhibit bovine alpha-thrombin clotting activity with IC50 values of 0.6 and 4.9 microM, respectively (2.4 nM for r-hirudin). By mapping the interaction of Ala48-hirudin-derived fragments with bovine alpha-thrombin by limited proteolysis with trypsin and pancreatic elastase distinct binding sites for each fragment were determined. The carboxyl-terminal fragment was found to bind to the proposed anion-binding exosite in the region B62-74, whereas the amino-terminal fragment binds to a region around the elastase cleavage site at residues 150-151 of the alpha-thrombin B-chain.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, West Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dodt
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wilhelm
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006629:Hirudins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011392:Proline / Q000235:genetics; D013917:Thrombin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006629:Hirudins; D011392:Proline; D013917:Thrombin; D000409:Alanine